Teammates lied to the enemy team, claiming I verbally abused them. Thoughts?

BlazingWill·5/5/2015, 4:03:04 AM·2 votes·669 views

Here's a rundown of what happened:

During champ select, our teammates and I chose our champions. Our team comp wasn't out of the ordinary, consisting of a top lane bruiser, mid assassin, tank jungler, and regular adc/support bot. Halfway through champ select, one of my teammates says "GG". At first, I don't think much of it, but then during the match, after losing several kills, two of our teammates (I was queued with a friend) AFK'ed in the fountain. Up until this point, I hadn't said a single word to anyone, but at this point, it was obvious that our teammates intended to sit at base; in all chat, I requested the enemy team to report those two teammates for going AFK, which prompted them to respond by saying that I should have been reported for verbal abuse, claiming that I used the "N" word to disparage them. I continued to play normally, while after a few minutes, the AFK teammates came back out of fountain and began intentionally feeding kills.

Once the match was over, I received a notice warning me for verbal abuse, likely due to multiple reports from said teammates and potentially a few players on the opposing team; I once again reiterated that I never said a single (negative) word toward my teammates, but they continued to lie toward the enemy team, claiming that I had called them "fat". The warning I received is completely uncalled for on my part - I, for one, have NEVER used a racist, homophobic, or otherwise inflammatory insult toward a teammate or opponent; it comes off as very nonsensical that I received this warning, when over the past several days, I have even been honored multiple times by strangers/teammates for being a Friendly player.

Now, it's obvious that my teammates decided to troll me, but going as far as to report me for verbal abuse and convince the enemy team to do it?

I'd like to know how to deal with situations like this. If someone at Riot were to view a replay of that match, they'd KNOW that I never used the "N" word, or even said anything to my teammates to begin with. It would be nice if me receiving that warning was undone, though honestly it's not big deal. Still, thoughts?

Please let me know if this post should be elsewhere.

3 Comments

Mayor Stubbs5/5/2015, 4:17:42 AM3 votes

My thoughts: I'd be surprised if you receive a notification or any type of punishment for reports from one game (even if it's 9 reports). However, this problem does happen and I don't have a creative way to combat it, but I don't think it happens enough that you'll ever have any punishment to your account. Just let trolls be trolls and try to ignore it even though it's annoying.

Junsui Aoi5/5/2015, 4:25:39 AM2 votes

Okay, the enemy, without proof, should not be reporting for anything like that. Second, the tribunal won't find you guilty of anything. At all. Don't worry about it and move on. Also, you can send a support ticket about it if you're really that worried about it.

Ice Weasel X5/5/2015, 5:36:03 AM2 votes

Never request that other people report someone. Mob reports from a single game aren't more important than single reports from a single game. As long as one person reports, the game will be flagged. Asking for other people to report someone counts as harassment.

If someone asks you to report an offense you did not personally witness, do not report it. If you see something that should be reported, report it yourself and don't ask other people to do it.